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Chapter 3: Creating Panel Applications: 54 topics
  1. 3.1Setting up the Panel Application
  2. 3.1.1General Setup - General Settings
  3. 3.1.2General Setup - Custom Settings
  4. 3.1.3Activating Multiple Overlapped Buttons by One Touch
  5. 3.1.4Specifying Default Folder for File I/O
  6. 3.1.5Avoiding Data Corruption Due To Random Power-off
  7. 3.2Working with Keys
  8. 3.2.1Default Key Settings for the Panel Application
  9. 3.2.2Key Settings for a Screen
  10. 3.2.3Key Usage Table Settings
  11. 3.2.4Usage Settings for a Key
  12. 3.3Internal Memory
  13. 3.3.1Types of Internal Memory
  14. 3.3.2Index Registers
  15. 3.3.3System Memory
  16. 3.3.4Setting up Internal Memory
  17. 3.4Communication Links
  18. 3.4.1Types of Communication Links
  19. 3.4.2General Settings for Commnunication Links
  20. 3.4.3Communication Parameter Settings (Serial Port)
  21. 3.4.4Communication Parameter Settings (Ethernet Port)
  22. 3.4.5Sub-link Settings
  23. 3.4.6Sharing Data among Panels Using Data Sharer
  24. 3.4.7Writing Communication Programs Using Macro Commands
  25. 3.4.8Using Gateway Server of the Target Panel
  26. 3.4.8.1Setting up Gateway Service
  27. 3.4.9Selecting Modbus Communication Drivers
  28. 3.4.10Accessing Internal Memory through Ethernet
  29. 3.4.11Accessing Siemens PLC through Ethernet
  30. 3.4.12Using the OPC UA Client Driver
  31. 3.5Sound Table
  32. 3.6Command Block and Status Words
  33. Types of Command Block and Status Words
  34. 3.6.1.1Command & Status - Type A
  35. 3.6.1.2Command & Status - Type H (Binary)
  36. 3.6.1.3Command & Status - Type H (BCD)
  37. 3.6.2Command & Status - General Settings
  38. 3.6.3Command Block Settings (Type A)
  39. 3.6.4Status Word Settings (Type A)
  40. 3.6.5Command Block Settings (Type H)
  41. 3.6.6Status Word Settings (Type H)
  42. 3.6.7Using General Commands
  43. 3.7Setting up Clock Operations
  44. 3.8Setting up Passwords
  45. Screens
  46. 3.9.1Types of Screens
  47. 3.9.2Creating and Opening Screens
  48. 3.9.3Setting up a Screen
  49. 3.9.3.1Screen - General Page
  50. 3.9.3.2Screen - Background Page
  51. 3.9.4Importing/Exporting a Screen
  52. 3.9.5Cutting/Copying/Pasting/Deleting a Screen
  53. 3.9.6Saving Screens as Pictures
  54. 3.9.7Protecting Screens
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Section 3.7 · Chapter 3: Creating Panel Applications

Setting up Clock Operations

This section describes how to define Clock Operations for the panel application using the Clock dialog box. The following is an example of the Clock dialog box.

The following table describes each property in the Clock dialog box.

Description Description
Write Write Time/date to PLC Select this option so the panel will write time and date information to the specified variable.
Time/date Data Type Select one of the following data types for the output time and data information.
Data Type Description
6 BCD bytes The following shows the data structure.
Byte No. Content
0 Minute; 0-59
1 Hour; 0-23
2 Day; 1-31
3 Month; 1-12
4 Year; 00-99
5 Day-of-week; 0(Sunday)-6(Saturday)
6 Second; 0-59
7 0
Note: All the values are in BCD format.
8 BCD bytes The following shows the data structure.
Byte No. Content
0 Minute; 0-59
1 Hour; 0-23
2 Day; 1-31
3 Month; 1-12
4 Year; 00-99
5 Day-of-week; 0(Sunday)-6(Saturday)
6 Second; 0-59
7 0
Note: All the values are in BCD format.
7 BCD words The following shows the data structure.
Word No. Content
0 Second; 0-59
1 Minute; 0-59
2 Hour; 0-23
3 Day; 1-31
4 Month; 1-12
5 Year; 00-99
6 Day-of-week; 0(Sunday)-6(Saturday)
7 binary words The following shows the data structure.
Word No. Content
0 Second; 0-59
1 Minute; 0-59
2 Hour; 0-23
3 Day; 1-31
4 Month; 1-12
5 Year; 00-99
6 Day-of-week; 0(Sunday)-6(Saturday)
7 BCD bytes (8 bytes I/O) The data type was originally requested for synchronizing the HMI unit with an Omron CJ2M PLC. The data has seven bytes totally as shown in the following but the I/O operation actually takes 8 bytes.
Byte No. Content
0 Second; 0-59
1 Minute; 0-59
2 Hour; 0-23
3 Day; 1-31
4 Month; 1-12
5 Year; 00-99
6 Day-of-week; 0(Sunday)-6(Saturday)
7 0
Note: All the values are in BCD format.
Write Address Specifies the variable that will receive the output time and date information.
Write Operation Timed When this item is selected, the panel writes time and date information to the specified variable periodically at a rate specified in the Interval field. Specify an interval between 1 and 255 minutes.
Triggered When this item is selected, the panel writes time and date information to the specified variable whenever the specified trigger bit changes from Off to On.
Read Synchronize Panel with PLC Select this option so the panel will read time and date information from the specified variable and adjust its clock accordingly.
Time/date Data Type Specifies the data type for the input time and data information. For details, see the description of the Time/date Data Type field of the Write group.
Read Address Specifies the variable that the panel will read the time and date information.
Do not run panel application until the restart synchronization is done successfully Select this option so the panel application does not run until the restart synchronization is done successfully.
Read Operation Timed When this item is selected, the panel reads time and date information from the specified variable periodically at a rate specified in the Interval field. Specify an interval between 1 and 255 minutes.
Triggered When this item is selected, the panel reads time and date information from the specified variable whenever the specified trigger bit changes from Off to On.
Increase Hour Select this option to increase the panel's clock by one, by changing the specified trigger bit from Off to On.
Decrease Hour Select this option to decrease the panel's clock by one, by changing the specified trigger bit from Off to On.

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Source.Section 3.7 of the PM Designer Software User Manual, Edition 2.0, © Cermate Technologies Inc. (www.cermate.com, service@cermate.com). Reproduced online, with the manual's own figures, by TSL Automation Solutions, authorised Cermate distributor, for users of Cermate HMI panels. PM Designer and PanelMaster are trademarks of Cermate Technologies Inc.

Text and figures are the manufacturer's and may describe features your panel or software version does not have. For a plain-language introduction read the PM Designer guide; for help with a specific panel contact TSL Automation.